Years: 1356 1357 1358 - 1359 - 1360 1361 1362

Decades: 1320s 1330s 1340s - 1350s - 1360s 1370s 1380s

Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century

Events

• Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Orhan I (1326-1359) to Murad I (1359-1389)
• Berlin joins the Hanseatic League.
• Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, and her husband Louis of Bavaria are absolved from excommunication.

Births

• October 12 - Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovia and Prince of Vladimir (d. 1389)
• Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
• Philippa of Lancaster, consort queen of Portugal
• Owain Glyndwr, last Welsh Prince of Wales

Deaths

• November 14 - Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (b. 1296)